VYPR

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

BaseDraftLikelihood: Medium

Description

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

Hierarchy (View 1000)

Related attack patterns (CAPEC)

CAPEC-132 · CAPEC-17 · CAPEC-35 · CAPEC-76

CVEs mapped to this weakness (624)

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CVESevRiskCVSSEPSSKEVPublishedDescription
CVE-2008-23110.000.03Jul 1, 2008Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5, when Open Safe Files is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack, probably related to a race condition and automatic execution of a downloaded file.
CVE-2008-23890.000.00Jun 6, 2008opensuse-updater in openSUSE 10.2 allows local users to access arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
CVE-2007-54950.000.00May 23, 2008sealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sealert.log temporary file.
CVE-2008-22660.000.00May 16, 2008uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function. NOTE: this may be a CVE-2004-2265 regression.
CVE-2008-11030.000.00Apr 28, 2008Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Blender have unknown impact and attack vectors, related to "temporary file issues."
CVE-2008-16940.000.00Apr 22, 2008vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-2008-19010.000.00Apr 22, 2008aptlinex before 0.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gambas-apt.lock temporary file.
CVE-2007-56640.000.00Apr 16, 2008db2dasrrm in the DB2 Administration Server (DAS) in IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.5 before Fix Pack 1, 9.1 before Fix Pack 4a, and 8 before FixPak 16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on files used for initialization.
CVE-2008-18320.000.00Apr 16, 2008lib/prefs.tcl in Cecilia 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the csvers temporary file.
CVE-2008-16840.000.00Apr 6, 2008inetd on Sun Solaris 10, when debug logging is enabled, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/inetd.log temporary file.
CVE-2008-15690.000.00Mar 31, 2008policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.
CVE-2008-12410.000.04Mar 27, 2008GUI overlay vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to spoof form elements and redirect user inputs via a borderless XUL pop-up window from a background tab.
CVE-2008-14170.000.00Mar 20, 2008The prerm script in axyl 2.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the axyl.conf temporary file.
CVE-2008-11990.000.00Mar 6, 2008Dovecot before 1.0.11, when configured to use mail_extra_groups to allow Dovecot to create dotlocks in /var/mail, might allow local users to read sensitive mail files for other users, or modify files or directories that are writable by group, via a symlink attack.
CVE-2008-08830.000.00Mar 6, 2008acroread in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files related to SSL certificate handling.
CVE-2008-09300.000.00Mar 4, 2008w_editeur.c in XWine 1.0.1 for Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite or print arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporaire temporary file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
CVE-2008-10780.000.00Feb 29, 2008expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
CVE-2008-08700.000.00Feb 21, 2008BEA WebLogic Portal 10.0 and 9.2 through Maintenance Pack 2, under certain circumstances, can redirect a user from the https:// URI for the Portal Administration Console to an http URI, which allows remote attackers to sniff the session.
CVE-2008-08060.000.00Feb 19, 2008wyrd 1.4.3b allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the wyrd-tmp.[USERID] temporary file.
CVE-2008-07320.000.00Feb 12, 2008The init script for Apache Geronimo on SUSE Linux follows symlinks when performing a chown operation, which might allow local users to obtain access to unspecified files or directories.